Leadership Performance and Rhetoric

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-58773-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 153 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3241 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership

This book examines both the rhetorical content of contemporary public leadership and the leadership methods pioneered by early English statesman Sir Francis Bacon. In particular, it considers the use of public rhetoric to defend leadership legitimacy in six case studies, drawing on leadership contests in recent Australian political history. The authors map out the complex language of leadership in contemporary politics through chapter-length portraits of the inter-related political rhetoric of prime ministers Rudd, Gillard, Abbott and Turnbull, plus former foreign minister Bob Carr and indigenous leader Noel Pearson. The process is a novel application of leadership analysis derived from the political philosophy of Francis Bacon, who emerges as a founder of the study, and indeed practice, of political and public leadership. The book will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political science, communication and rhetorical studies, and political history.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Uhr, John

Masters, Adam B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprechwissenschaft, Rhetorik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Leadership and Rhetoric.- Chapter 2 Selecting the Case Studies: Six Australian Public Leaders.- Chapter 3 Tony Abbott: An Opposition Leader Not Waiting For Political Office.- Chapter 4 Julia Gillard: Dealing With the Burden of Leadership.- Chapter 5 Bob Carr: Foreign Minister or Secretary of State?.- Chapter 6 Kevin Rudd: Rhetoric and a Royal Commission.- Chapter 7 Noel Pearson: Civil Leadership and Political Rhetoric.- Chapter 8 Malcolm Turnbull: From Hope to Disappointment.- Chapter 9 Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Adam B. Masters is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Transnational Research Institute on Corruption at the Australian National University.

John Uhr is Director of the Centre for the Study of Australian Politics at the Australian National University.